Security News > 2019 > October > Report: Android Banking Botnet Targeted Russians

2019-10-07 13:48
Researchers Discovered Geost Botnet After Attackers Made Operational Security MistakesA large-scale banking botnet has targeted approximately 800,000 Android devices belonging to Russian citizens since at least 2016, according to a new research report by a trio of cybersecurity researchers.
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